stranding, n. Maritime law. A ship’s drifting, driving, or running aground on a strand. • The type of stranding that occurs determines the method of apportioning the liability for any resulting losses. [Cases: Salvage 9, 30. C.J.S. Salvage §§ 12, 81.] accidental stranding. Stranding as a result of natural forces, such as wind and waves. […]
A contract for the loan of money on a ship, usu. at extraordinary interest, for maritime risks encountered during a certain period or for a certain voyage. • The loan can be enforced only if the vessel survives the voyage. — Also termed bottomage bond. Cf. respondentia bond. [Cases: Shipping 89–100. C.J.S. Shipping §§ 223–231.]
marine protest. A writing attested by a justice of the peace, a notary public, or a consul, made or verified by the master of a vessel, stating that the vessel has suffered a severe voyage and that the master has engaged in neither misconduct nor negligence. See PROTEST.
logbook. 1. A ship’s or aircraft’s journal containing an account of each trip, often with a history of events during the voyage; JOURNAL(1). 2. Any journal or record of events.
unseaworthy, adj. (Of a vessel) unable to withstand the perils of an ordinary voyage. Cf. SEAWORTHY. [Cases: Shipping 80. C.J.S. Shipping §§ 177, 179–180, 195.]
shipping articles. Maritime law. A document (provided by a master of a vessel to the mariners) detailing voyage information, such as the voyage term, the number of crew, and the wage rates. 46 USCA § 10302. [Cases: Seamen 7. C.J.S. Seamen §§ 13, 15.]
carriage of goods by sea 海上货物运输 包括沿海货物运输和国际海上货物运输，后者又包括班轮运输和租船运输两种形式：班轮运输是由承运人按照固定的航线、航期和运费率从事以干杂货为主的运输，提单是其最重要的运输单证，故亦称为干杂货运输或提单运输。租船运输通过航次租船合同、定期租船合同或光船租赁合同来实现。 (→bill of lading; voyage charter; time charter; demise charter)
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landing. 1. A place on a river or other navigable water for loading and unloading goods, or receiving and delivering passengers and watercraft. 2. The termination point on a river or other navigable water for these purposes. 3. The act or process of coming back to land after a voyage or flight.
missing ship. Maritime law. A vessel that has been gone for an unreasonably long time, leading to the presumption that it is lost at sea; esp. a vessel that has been gone longer than the average time it takes a vessel to make a similar voyage in the same season.
ship, n. A type of vessel used or intended to be used in navigation. See VESSEL. [Cases: Shipping 1. C.J.S. Shipping § 4.] chartered ship. 1. A ship specially hired to transport the goods of only one person or company. [Cases: Shipping 34–58. C.J.S. Shipping §§ 74–146, 148, 379.] 2. A ship on which a